poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/VerticalAlignment.java

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package org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel;

/**
 * This enumeration value indicates the type of vertical alignment for a cell, i.e.,
 * whether it is aligned top, bottom, vertically centered, justified or distributed.
 */
public enum VerticalAlignment {
    /**
     * The vertical alignment is aligned-to-top.
     */
    TOP,

    /**
     * The vertical alignment is centered across the height of the cell.
     */
    CENTER,

    /**
     * The vertical alignment is aligned-to-bottom.
     */
    BOTTOM,

    /**
     * <p>
     * When text direction is horizontal: the vertical alignment of lines of text is distributed vertically,
     * where each line of text inside the cell is evenly distributed across the height of the cell,
     * with flush top and bottom margins.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * When text direction is vertical: similar behavior as horizontal justification.
     * The alignment is justified (flush top and bottom in this case). For each line of text, each
     * line of the wrapped text in a cell is aligned to the top and bottom (except the last line).
     * If no single line of text wraps in the cell, then the text is not justified.
     *  </p>
     */
    JUSTIFY,

    /**
     * <p>
     * When text direction is horizontal: the vertical alignment of lines of text is distributed vertically,
     * where each line of text inside the cell is evenly distributed across the height of the cell,
     * with flush top
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * When text direction is vertical: behaves exactly as distributed horizontal alignment.
     * The first words in a line of text (appearing at the top of the cell) are flush
     * with the top edge of the cell, and the last words of a line of text are flush with the bottom edge of the cell,
     * and the line of text is distributed evenly from top to bottom.
     * </p>
     */
    DISTRIBUTED
}